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APPLICATION FILED MAY 26. 1906.

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By ATTORNEYS ANNA LAURA TRAVISS, OF VIRGINIA, MINNESOTA.

GARMENT-FORM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 4, 1907.

A plication filed May 26, 1906. Serial No. 318,842.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNA LAURA TRAVISS, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Virginia, in the county of St. Louis and State ofMinnesota, have invented a new and Improved Garment-Form, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to apparel apparatus, and its object is to providea new and improved garment form for use in dressmaking establishments,stores, homes and other places, and arranged to display a garment to thefullest advantage, to preserve its shape and to permit of convenientlyfolding the garment form into comparatively little space when not inuse.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, which will be more fully described hereinafter and thenpointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement; Fig, 2 is a rearelevation of the same; Fig. 3 is a face view of the extended waistpattern, and Fig. 4 is a like view of the extended skirt pattern.

The garment form illustrated in the drawings consists essentially of awaist pattern A and a skirt pattern B, each in the form of a sheet (seeFigs. 3 and 4) of strong paper or like flexible material, ca able ofbeing bent to produce the waist or sliirt pattern as llustrated in Figs.1 and 2. waist pattern A shown in Fig. 3 is cut out at the bottom toform the waist band A, and the sides A are capable of overlapping at thefront, and the upper end of the sheet is cut to form the overlappingshoulder portions A A arranged to form the scye and neck openings A andA. The sheet for the waist pattern A is provided with apertures alongthe margin thereof to permit the use of a suitable lacing C forfastening the overlapping sides A together and also the overlappingshoulder portions A A, as will be readily understood by reference toFigs. 1 and 2.

The skirt pattern B is provided with sides B adapted to overlap at therear of the skirt pattern (see Fig. 2), and the upper portion of thesaid sheet is provided with slitted The sheet for the waist portions Bwhile the lower end is preferably reinforced by a strip B as indicatedin Fig. 4. The overlapping sides B as well as the upper ends of theslitted waist portions B are provided with apertures for receiving alacing D, to permit of fastening the overlapping sides B together, andfor drawing the slitted waist portions B firmly together and over thewaist band A of the waist portion A, to securely hold the waist portionA in position on the skirt pattern B, the bottom of which is capable ofresting on the floor or other suitable support.

The patterns A and B are made in all the regular sizes of ready madegarments, that is, from 32 to 44 inches bust measure, with correspondingwaist and hip measures as well as in any other required measures.

When not in use the patterns A and B can be readily unlaced and extendedinto flat shape, to permit of conveniently storing or shipping the same.It is understood that the waist pattern A and the skirt pattern B can beused separately and independent of each other if desired. By making thepatterns, say of fairly stifi paper, they are rendered exceedinglylight, can be cheaply manufactured and most accurately proportioned.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

A garment form comprising a waist and a skirt pattern, each composed ofa sheet of flexible material cut to the proper contour, the upper endsof the waist pattern being cut to form overlapping shoulder portions andthe upper edge of the skirt pattern being slitted to form a Waistportion, the side edges of the waist pattern and the skirt pattern beingprovided with eyes for receiving a lacing whereby to secure said edgestogether after the sheet is bent into proper form, and the adjacent endsof the skirt and waist patterns being provided with registering openingsfor receiving alacing whereby to secure said patterns together.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANNA LAURA TRAVISS.

Witnesses:

ALBERT E. BIoKFoRD, E. J. OROURKE.

